For November's focal point I decided to concentrate on Atlas Sound, which is the solo project of the one and only Bradford Cox, the extremely talented and prolific lead singer of the Atlanta, Ga ambient-punk outfit, Deerhunter (one of my favorite bands).
I don't really know where to begin with Bradford Cox ... He's been a source of entertainment and inspiration for me for years now ... When I 1st started listening to Deerhunter, I visited the above link to their blog and discovered that Bradford had been making these amazing mixtapes called "micromixes" which were full of everything that he'd been currently listening to at the time from stuff like Martha and the Vandellas to long, sprawling ambient pieces ...
I'm pretty sure that the micromixes are all still downloadable on that blog ... It was a ton of fun collecting them all (I think around 26 were made all together) ... Listening to those mixes is like climbing inside Cox's head and sort of seeing where his own music comes from ...
On top of that, he would treat anyone visiting the blog to unique self-released singles and EPs by Atlas Sound ... Again, a ton of these were sprinkled across the Deerhunter blog, and it was like an exciting Easter egg hunt finding them and listening to these precious bedroom gems created for anyone who cared enough to search for and discover them.
Listening to some of these songs, one gets the feeling that Bradford Cox was (is) not only absolutely bursting to get all of these songs and ideas out of his head, but he was (is) also truly delighted and excited to be able to share them with anyone who's ready and willing to hear them.
The self-released songs all seemed (and still seem) like very special best-kept secrets. So even after he'd released two official albums of A.S. material (Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel and Logos) it felt nice to still have this shining "private treasure" of not only micromixes, but of those "secret" Atlas Sound recordings ...
Atlas Sound has a wonderful brand new album out called Parallax ... and I included some songs off of it and his previous two records, but in making this particular focal point mix, I decided that what I really wanted to highlight the most were those self-released experiments, the playful uncertain explosions and shimmering unexpected moments of unabashed beauty that I'd found on the Deerhunter blog all those years ago ...
Thank you, Bradford Cox. You never cease to inspire me.
You can download the mix HERE.
And here are two really great recent Atlas Sound interviews for your informative pleasure =
1. Pitchfork interview
2. Rolling Stone interview
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Craving more new music mixetapes? Well, look no further!
Oneohtrix Point Never just put out 2 excellent Brooklyn Bomber mixes!
Vol. 1
Vol. 2
AND
chill wavers, Small Black also released their incredible Moon Killer mixtape ... yes!
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In some very informative, disturbing environmental news, supposedly the world is to experience an irreversible climate change in 5 years if we don't change our tune ... read all about it HERE. Yikes.
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VIDEOS VIDEOS VIDEOS VIDEOS VIDEOS VIDEOS
Yes! Tom Waits has a brilliant new album out, "Bad As Me" and here's a new video from it! =
Some hot fresh psychedelic stuffs from Woodsman =
Wow ... Here's a pretty ridiculous one from Citizens! called "True Romance" =
Speaking of ridiculous, Ryan Mcphun recently posted this bit of 80's bizarreness by someone called Urszula ... cheers! =
This week's dessert consists of music videos that just happen to make me laugh out loud ...
John Wendel sent me this bit of pure insanity care of Renaldo and the Loaf ... thanks, John! =
Elise sent me this truly awesome one by The Avalanches ... danke, E! =
And this craaazy last one (by Soft Cell) goes out to Ryan cuz I know he likes this song! haha =
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